Official Discourse and Public Opinion in Post-Communist Societies: the Role of Elite Intellectuals (Research Brief)

I introduce new, original data to the study of official discourse in post-Communist societies and compare trends in the evolution of elite intellectuals’ discourse, public opinion, and actions of the political elite along five issue-domains or dichotomies (political, ideological, economic, foreign policy, and ethnic relations attitudes) in two countries (Russia and Poland).

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Ekaterina M. Levintova, of Western Michigan University, was a 2002-03 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) fellow.